Metallic railway-tie.



C. L. H. DINKELBIHLBR. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED ,AUGK 7, 1912.

1,049,060. Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

WM s@ v ?f @kben/nega UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

CHARLES L. H. DINKELBIHLER, or oI-NorNNATI, onro.

METALLlC RAILWAY-TIE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

- l Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

Application filed August 7, 1912. Serial No. 713,774.

To all inkom t camera:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. DIN- KELBIHLER, a citizen of the United Sta-tes,

residing at Cincinnati, in the county of' Hamilton and State vof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n l/letallic Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specication.

The present invention relates to improvements in railway ties', the obJect 1n view being to provide a cheap, durable and practical metallic tie as a substitute for the conventional wooden tie in'common use at thel present time. l

In carrying out the invention, it is contemplated to employ special rail-clamping means for facilitating the removal of the rail without interference with the tie, and

- also permitting ready removal of the tie without disturbance of the rail.

With the above and other objects in View, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed,

.and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure lis a view in elevation of a tier constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the same in application. Fig. 2 is a top 'plan view, a portion of the same being broken away tovmore clearly show .the details of construction. verse sectional view taken about on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is. a fragmentary View of the tie showing a modified form of recess or pocket for the rail-clamping means, and Figs. 5 to 9, inclusive, are sectional views showing the various forms. of construction of tie contemplated by my invention.'

In carrying out my invention, it is to be understood thatthe body portion of the tieis of metallic material, andthe particular form of the same depends to a large extent upon the manufacturers preference and the particular purposes to be subserved. Specitcally, the body portion of the tie maybe composed of channel plates, such as shown particularly in Figs. l, 2, 3\and 6, or it may,

consist of angle plates, as shown in Fig. 5. The channel plates, designated by the nu'- merals l and 2, are secured togetherin any desired manner, such as by means vof rivets or bolts, and at their upper portions constitute therail bearing surfaces. At each end portion of the body of the tie thus del Fig. 3 is a transscribed, I provide pockets or recesses formed by means of plates 3 which are secured at their lower edge portions to the web of the tie by means of bolts or rivets 4. The plates 3 are bent at an angle'above the fastenings 4 so as to provide pockets to receive the clamping. members 5 pivotally mounted upon the rivets 6, which latter pass through the plates 3 and the web portions of the plates l and 2, affording an additional fastening means for-these plates, as will be 'portion' ofthe locking members 5, as most clearly seen` in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The raills thus vpositively held in place upon the tie 1n a predetermined position. It will be obvious that the plates 3 which-form thev pockets in which the rail-fastening means above described are mounted," eifectually house the same and prevent dirt from. inter- The fering with their proper action.' clamp'ingmembers 5 and the locking mem# bers 7 when swung on their pivots to disengage the rail, will lie below the surface of the tie and permit the same to be readily removed from beneaththe rails in an obvious manner. ing 8 in the rail bearing surface of the plates 1 and 2, into which may be inserted a pick or hook for the purpose of withdraw'- ing the tie or movingit to adjustedposition.

Ihe channel platos above described are particularly adapted for mud tracks where the drainage of the track is a mat-ter of Aiin'- I prefer to provide an openioo portance, since the plates may bereadily tamped beneath the rail bearing surface as well as the base of the plates 'designated by the numerals l and 2', thus giving double safety to the rails and alfording better opportunity4 to 4drain the ends of the ties, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention refers. i Under certain conditions, such as where full l-ballasted tracks are found. the angle plate construction shown in Fig. 5 muv be tasti employed, the body portion of the tie comprising the plates 9 and l0 having the rail bearing surfaces 9 and l0. The rail bear. ing surfaces above mentioned may be corrugated, :tor stitl'ening purposes, as shown in the drawings, or formed with depending rlanges, as shown in Fig. 9,' said ianges being' designated by the numerals ll and l2. it. will be understood that these plates may be integrally formed, as shown in F ig. 8, depending upon the manutacturers preference, as hereinbefore premised.

.ln Fig. Ll, have illustrated a torni of plate wherein the body portion of the same is pressed outwardly, so that when secured in operative position, the pressed portion will i'orm pockets on the opposite sides of the rail in which the clamping or 'the lockin g means may be mounted.

The tie above described will not only give a good bearing for the rail and hold its surface and gage Well, but by reason of the particular form of rail fastenings, itcan be handled the same as the ordinary Wooden tie, the fastening means securely holding the ipiaoeo rail in position and preventing unauthor ized tampering therewith, in .an obvious manner.

Having thus described the intention., what is claimed as new is:

A railway tie comprising channel plates having a portionthereof pressed outwardly to form pockets, clamping members piv otally secured to said channel plates at op posite sides in the .pockets aforesaid, and locking members pivotally secured to the plates in said pockets adjacent the clamping members and in spaced relation to each other, said clamping members having hooks at their free` ends to engage orer opposite sides of the rail, the pivots of the members aforesaid passing through the plates to secure the latter together.-

In testimon whereof l allix mv signature Y e in presence of two Witnesses.

' CHARLES L. ii. iinutamsmraii.

Vllitnesses 1 ROY J. Homme, R. "W. FILLING.

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Washington, D. C." 

